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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for December 2012

Minneapolis housing by the numbers

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 26, 2012, 10:59 AM Dec 26, 2012
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Since the peak of the housing market in 2006, however, home resale prices in the Minneapolis area have dropped 27 percent. They’re up 18 percent since the bottom of the housing market in 2011.

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Five by 8

The rights of the many (5×8 – 12/26/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 26, 2012, 7:18 AM Dec 26, 2012
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Focus on mental health care, the year’s news, the Oil Patch from space, Albert Lea’s story lady, and Charles Durning’s political analysis.

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No smoking, 3M style

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 24, 2012, 4:25 PM Dec 24, 2012
12

On January 1, 3M bans smoking on its entire Maplewood campus.

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Homecomings

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 24, 2012, 12:15 PM Dec 24, 2012
0

Some things never get old.

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Science: It’s a girl thing

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 24, 2012, 11:31 AM Dec 24, 2012
3

Students at Dartmouth have answered a poorly done European video that purported to show that science and women are made for each other. The European video was clearly the brainchild of some guys. Not this one.

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Five by 8

Ho, Ho, Hope (5×8 -12/24/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 24, 2012, 7:27 AM Dec 24, 2012
3

Paying it forward, why there’s no research on gun control, the people who don’t do their jobs and the people who just want one, the FAA v. the New York Giants, and look who’s made it from Minnesota to New Orleans.

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Viewpoint: Are Americans too in love with the Constitution?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2012, 10:21 AM Dec 22, 2012
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Is the Constitution and the people who wrote it too much of a religious experience?

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Can a jealous wife force a husband to fire an employee?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2012, 3:41 PM Dec 21, 2012
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If a wife suspects her husband is having an inappropriate relationship with one of his female employees, is it legal to fire the female employee even if there’s no evidence f an affair?

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Talk to the dogs

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2012, 2:19 PM Dec 21, 2012
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Dogs get what a lot of people don’t.

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Ads that trump news stories

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2012, 12:52 PM Dec 21, 2012
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Occasionally, there is still the page layout that stops you in your tracks.

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Weather

The blizzardy mirth of Wisconsin

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2012, 12:33 PM Dec 21, 2012
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The dirty little secret of Minnesota,is that we get you, Wisconsin.

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All about us

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2012, 11:45 AM Dec 21, 2012
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If there’s any appetite at all from American news consumers for information about the rest of the world, you sure couldn’t find much evidence of it from a survey released today by the Pew Research Center for People and the Press.

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The reviews are in for the NRA news conference

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2012, 10:34 AM Dec 21, 2012
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Given the lack of much new emanating from today’s long-awaited National Rifle Association news conference reacting to last Friday’s Connecticut massacre, Twitter’s 140 character limit seems like the perfect vehicle for reviewing it.

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Five by 8

What are we afraid of? (5×8 – 12/21/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2012, 7:30 AM Dec 21, 2012
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What’s behind an old debate, veterans dying for a little help, the North Dakota cowboy lifesaver, the season of stealing, and setting a high bar for marriage proposals.

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Write the new Minnesota patriotism standards

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2012, 3:45 PM Dec 20, 2012
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MPR’s Tim Pugmire reports today several House GOPers are urging Gov. Mark Dayton to reject new Department of Education social studies standards because they do not stress the value of American patriotism.

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